He graduated from Ryerson University with a Bachelor of Applied Arts in photography, before earning his Master of Business Administration from the Rotman School of Business at the University of Toronto. He went on to earn his Juris Doctor degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in 2013 before being called to the Ontario Bar in 2014.

With a background as a probation and parole officer and an assistant Crown attorney, Mr. Forstner handles summary and indictable criminal offences such as domestic assault and impaired driving, as well as traffic and other regulatory offences.

Mr. Forstner is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Criminal Lawyers’ Association and the Durham Region Law Association.

The Ontario Court of Appeal has issued a decision that strongly affirms that a suspect's right to consult a lawyer is a psychological lifeline when they are detained by police, Oshawa criminal lawyer Lawrence Forstner tells AdvocateDaily.com.
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In the first instalment of a four-part series examining therapeutic jurisprudence, Oshawa criminal lawyer Lawrence Forstner discusses how the way an accused is treated in court will shape their perception of the system.
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Domestic assault cases can be among the most complex — and stigmatizing — in court partly because they are not dealt with the same way as common assault, says Oshawa criminal lawyer Lawrence Forstner.
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It is an unfortunate reality that the technology available to most people in the developed world is still not present in Ontario’s court system, says Oshawa criminal lawyer Lawrence Forstner.
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More help needs to be provided for self-reps in a justice system where some accused people can’t afford counsel and don’t qualify for legal aid, says Oshawa criminal lawyer Lawrence Forstner.
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OTTAWA — Canadians can expect the texts they send to remain private — at least in some cases — even after the messages reach their destination, the Supreme Court declared in setting aside the firearms convictions of a man whose sent messages were uncovered by police.
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